Excerpt: The Vietnam War

Photo: Title: Anti-Vietnam War placards surround Toronto’s war memorial in 1969. Photographer: Reg. Innell Date: April 6, 1969 28 July 2021 | The War | James Porteous | Excerpt from All of Me The scorched-earth images from Vietnam were so […]

Laura Nyro: the phenomenal singers’ singer/songwriter the 60s overlooked

Photo: ‘She wrote songs celebrating motherhood, female sexuality and her menstrual cycle’ … Laura Nyro in New York, 1968. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Imagine a time when ‘new albums’ -not new ‘female’ albums- included Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, Blue […]

U.S. Lawmakers Call for Punitive Measures Against Israeli’s NSO Group

Photo: Protestors outside the offices of the Israeli cyber firm NSO Group in Herzliya on Sunday. Credit: Nir Elias / Reuters US lawmakers are telling the Biden administration to call out by name, as well as in reports provided to […]

Obituary: Jimmy Elidrissi, Waldorf Bellhop (74)

Photo: Jimmy Elidrissi was an affable fixture at the Waldorf Astoria for more than a half-century and was considered probably to have been Manhattan’s longest-serving bellhop when he retired.Credit…via Elidrissi family His goal was to make guests, including nine U.S. […]